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    Frau, 18, nicht für Job bei Immobilienmakler nominiert, weil „Auto zu alt“ ist


    Frau, 18, nicht für Job bei Immobilienmakler nominiert, weil „Auto zu alt“ ist

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g7yd202ngo

    Von frogspa

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    1. frogspa on

      Maybe I’m out of touch with the current job market, but surely if a vehicle is required for the job, one should be supplied?

    2. L44KSO on

      I wonder how legal this would even be. Like from a discrimination perspective. 

    3. ThrowawayGreekGod on

      Is the expectation that agents should already have a luxury car now?

    4. currydemon on

      Reason number 15 why estate agents are the scum of the earth, well the scum above recruiters that is.

      Also I’m surprised that the estate agent didn’t state that applicants must drive a Mini Cooper.

    5. Zerosix_K on

      I’m more concerned about the bullshit coming out of the estate agent’s mouth. Not what car they drive.

    6. Necessary_Figure_817 on

      It’s a legal requirement that estate agents need to drive brand new BMWs financed up to their eyeballs.

      That’s just the rules.

    7. Choccybizzle on

      Does a struggling salesman start turning up on a bike? No. He turns up in a newer car. Perception, yeah?

    8. marc512 on

      I’ll be honest. If an estate agent rolled up in a older car that doesn’t look physically damaged, I wouldn’t bat an eye. Not everyone wants to use a car as a fashion statement.

      If they rolled up in a mint Peugeot 106 gti, I’d probably relate to them more and listen to them. Why would I listen to someone who has a large porsche suv? They are there just for the money.

    9. No_Neighborhood6856 on

      Ah yes, the same (unregulated) people who get paid more than the qualified professionals (solicitors/mortgage advisers/surveyors) value wealth, based on their car.

      These will be the same people who finance their car and then act suprised when the mortgage broker tells them that the monthly car payment affects their mortgage affordability.

    10. Scar3cr0w_ on

      Yes.

      Because being an estate agent isn’t about being able to sell houses. That’s easy

      “hi, wanna house?”

      “Yea”

      “this one?”

      “Yea ok, thanks”

      It’s about cheap suits, Skin fades, BMW’s and feeling like a high flying finance type whilst struggling to pay your car finance.

    11. alex_is_the_name on

      Absolute Cunts Top Tier:

      – Government
      – Councils
      – Utility companies
      – Estate Agents

    12. No-Name-Mcgee44 on

      The States has employers like that too. Its not a reliability thing, its an image thing; and it should be worrying.lets just hope USA style credit scoring doesnt make its way over here too.
      Note: I am fully aware that the UK has a credit score system too, but it is no where as restrictive and as invasive like the system in the US.

    14. InternationalReport5 on

      They’re embarrassed that their employees look broke, but instead of paying them a decent wage, they’re forcing them to buy luxury vehicles out of their own pocket. Makes my blood boil.

    15. cragglerock93 on

      This sort of stuff goes on a lot, not just in estate agencies. They were just dumb enough to tell her why.

    16. CodeToManagement on

      This is just ridiculous. I mean I get the sentiment behind it that you have to have a car that’s reliable and safe but a blanket rule of 9 years and 11 months old is fine and 10 years old it’s a death trap is stupid.

      I drive a 2013 Skoda with about 150k miles on it. It’s still going strong and only had 1 breakdown in the 10 years I’ve owned it. I’d drive to much more critical meetings than someone wanting to view a house and not give a second thought to it being reliable etc.

      With the price of insurance and cars these days there’s no chance someone looking at trainee jobs is going to be driving something very new unless it’s heavily financed or bought with help

    17. 3-6-6 on

      Even funnier is that the article says its a 2014… this is new in my eyes. Obviously it isn’t but I see cars 20+ years old every day, age =/= reliability.

      I’d trust an estate agent that pulls up in an old Volvo more than a new Mercedes.

    18. tashbf on

      Absolutely nothing wrong with that car, low mileage and smart. Estate agent is off their rocker…

    19. smalltittyfakeginger on

      sure, i’ll drive a financed car, providing you’re willing to either pay me enough to afford the several extra hundred pounds it’ll cost me in monthly repayments/insurance/fuel or whatever, OR give it to me as part of the job and pay me decently, not 70p per mile when petrol is £1.40.
      personally, i’d much rather see someone in an older car, clearly their own, than a brand new, obviously financed defender/porsche suv etc. i’d find them much more relatable…

    20. PeekyChew on

      The kind of people who would be put off by an older car would definitely find some other reason to be unhappy. I know someone who turned down a property because post had built up at the front door from it being empty, and it „left a bad impression.“ 

    21. Clarac94 on

      My Toyota Yaris is 2009, 76k miles and more reliable than many newer cars.

      They need to provide a suitable car if that is a requirement of the job.

    22. Consistent-Pirate-23 on

      Surely people interested in selling houses should be more bothered about putting money into houses than unnecessarily expensive things like a financed car? 🤷‍♂️

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